We spent significant time and money late 2010 and early 2011 creating an iPad app worthy of the FurnishWEB name.  We learned quite a bit and felt we were on the right track when I met Steve Thrasher, president of SuperCat Solutions.  Steve and his great team of developers have developed a beautiful iPad app that is perfectly targeted at the independent furniture sales rep user.  Exactly what we were working toward here at FurnishWEB.

In that first meeting, I knew Steve was someone we could work with.  Since then, we've halted work on our own iPad and threw our support and endorsement behind SuperCat Solutions eCat app.   Along the way both companies have worked together to integrate our two products.  We gave FurnishWEB a module to feed data and photo's directly into eCat.  And eCat has a new window that allows sales reps to access their FurnishWEB without leaving eCat on the iPad.  Its turned out to be a classic example of 1 plus 1 equals 3. 

We're very pleased to be working with SuperCat Solutions and we excited to offer the eCat app as an iPad extension of FurnishWEB ... giving sales reps an additional tool for presenting their product line and landing sales.

Here's a recent press release published in Furniture Today

Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, July 19, 2011

SuperCat's eCat Offering FurnishWeb Portal

WILSON, N.C. - SuperCat Solutions' eCat sales app is now offering a portal service that allows customers using an iPad access to FurnishWeb while logged into the eCat sales app.

SuperCat Solutions worked with Internet Databases, developer of FurnishWeb.

Sales representatives can now access FurnishWeb supplier extranets within eCat - an iPad app that takes the place of printed sales kits, among other uses - without app switching or a separate login.

FurnishWeb is an order management extranet for dealers and reps, featuring an online order, inventory, shipping and tracking system.

The update, which was released in the iTunes app store, makes it easy for sales reps to use FurnishWeb, said Steve Thrasher, president of SuperCat Solutions.

Earlier this year SuperCat purchased the eCat sales app from case goods importer Sarreid, where it was developed. The app automatically updates product, pricing and inventory information, submits orders, and checks inventories and order status.